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Is My Cat Allergic To Clavamox?

Earlier this year we took our cat to the vet due to grooming issues. (She is a long hair and was significantly overweightapparently could not reach herself well.) The vet cleaned her up and put her on clavamox (and we put her on a diet!). Since then she has been vomiting. Sparingly at first and then almost every day. Due to this we recently took her for an exploratory (biopsies consistent with ibs). She was put on clavamox again. She did not vomit at first, but now does every time we give meds.

Liquid Clavamox is bubblegum-flavored and many cats greatly resent the taste and many will attempt to spit it out during administration or regurgitate/vomit it up later. If the pill form was prescribed for your pet, it is possible that after pilling your pet the pill is not being swallowed completely and is sitting in the esophagus. When this occurs it causes irritation to the lining of the esophagus and the pet will attempt to regurgitate it later. If you are pilling your pet, try to follow or "chase" the pill with water via a syringe to help move the pill down the esophagus and into the stomach. A teaspoon of water (5 cc) will be adequate. Give it slowly and watch for your pet to swallow to help ensure that it is going down the esophagus and not the trachea which can cause aspiration pneumonia. Medication allergies are possible but not very common. Speak with your veterinarian about possibly switching your pet to a different antibiotic or a different form of the same antibiotic.
Rebecca, DVM

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